Peninsula

pē-nin′sū-la, n. land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island.— adj. Penin′sular , pertaining to a peninsula: in the form of a peninsula: inhabiting a peninsula.— n. Peninsular′ity , state of being, or of inhabiting, a peninsula: narrow provincialism.— v.t. Penin′sulate , to form into a peninsula: to surround almost entirely with water.— Peninsular war , the war in Spain and Portugal, carried on by Great Britain against Napoleon's marshals (1804-1814).— The Peninsula , Spain and Portugal. [L.,— pæne , almost, insula , an island.]